generated: '2026-09-17'
method: searched
source: https://developer.workday.com/doc/GUID-fab8db7c-9305-41d2-8606-64aa81ce2e68-enHYPHENus.md
docs:
  reference: https://developer.workday.com/doc/GUID-fab8db7c-9305-41d2-8606-64aa81ce2e68-enHYPHENus.md
  getting_started: https://developer.workday.com/doc/GUID-9338193c-86c5-43cf-b8d6-5e76b1283d02-enHYPHENus.md
  downloads: https://developer.workday.com/downloads
name: Workday Developer CLI (WDCLI)
binary: wdcli
official: true
scope_note: >-
  WDCLI is Workday's first-party command line tool for the Developer Site — it manages app builds,
  deploys and tenant sessions. It does NOT wrap the Business Process REST API; there is no
  `wdcli businessprocess` command surface. It is catalogued here because it is the provider's real
  CLI and because `wdcli tenant token` is the supported way to obtain a tenant token for calling
  /businessProcess/v1 by hand.
install:
  - platform: macOS (Apple Silicon and Intel)
    method: signed installer from https://developer.workday.com/downloads
    verify: wdcli version
  - platform: Windows
    method: installer from https://developer.workday.com/downloads
    docs: https://developer.workday.com/doc/GUID-e9313aa2-6877-4aa4-8cc6-d5f810a9e3cf-enHYPHENus.md
  - platform: Linux
    method: installer from https://developer.workday.com/downloads
    docs: https://developer.workday.com/doc/GUID-94772f74-8d1e-4704-8b16-9491315f1cd1-enHYPHENus.md
registry_distribution: false
registry_note: Not published to npm, Homebrew, PyPI or any other package registry — download-page only.
commands:
  - group: auth
    commands: [login, logout]
    example: wdcli auth:login
  - group: account
    commands: [list, switch]
    example: wdcli account list
  - group: tenant
    commands: [list, login, logout, open, token]
    example: wdcli tenant token
    note: "`wdcli tenant token` issues the tenant access token used against the Workday REST APIs."
  - group: app
    commands: [builds, builds logs, copy, create, deploy, download, info, list, promote, upload, versions]
    example: wdcli app deploy myAppRefId --tenant-alias example-alias --version 02
  - group: config
    commands: [set, show]
  - group: general
    commands: [help, version, whoami]
flows:
  - name: Authenticate and obtain a tenant token
    steps: ["wdcli auth:login", "wdcli tenant login", "wdcli tenant token"]
  - name: Deploy an app version to a tenant
    steps: ["wdcli app upload", "wdcli app deploy <appRefId> --tenant-alias <alias> --version <n>", "wdcli app builds logs <buildId>"]
proxy_support: https://developer.workday.com/doc/GUID-9661f391-0337-4639-a8bd-259f55898c87-enHYPHENus.md